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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1940
Page
1
OCR reads as a fragment of a legal notice. It hints at dates and a court appearance but lacks clarity on names places or action. The readable elements indicate a scheduled event concerning a person or party and a court proceeding.
A fragmented notice notes a road incident in Patstown involving a rider and a vehicle crash on a highway near Pal. The report lists names briefly and indicates police or authorities are handling the scene with unclear details.
A brief clipping notes that an individual received injuries in the DuBois area. Details remain unclear due to fragmented text but the incident is identified with DuBois location and an injury report. Further specifics are not provided in the readable portion.
Washington debate centers on a bill by Senator King proposing exemption from neutrality limits. The proposal seeks to fund aid to Britain and could empower the President to advance defense goals and negotiate for strategic arrangements. Senate leaders caution action this session may be unlikely.
A condensed news brief notes merchants are unopposed to the installation of parking meters, with local references to civic plans and upcoming events. The item sits among broader wartime and political notes including Allied actions, a national draft theme, and education matters in Harrisburg and Washington.
Golden Rule Club members last night gave passive approval to a six months trial of parking meters after endorsing Mayor Frank B. Hepler and Councilmen for arranging full exposition of the meters. Council members reportedly ready to draft an ordinance continuing the program after the period.
Fascist Rome circles predict Spain will not join the Axis until Britain falls, while Mussolini and Serrano Suner weigh the moment. London endures heavy September bombings with thousands killed or wounded, new defenses touted, and nightly air raids pressing with high casualties.
On a Michigan trip Wilkie charged the Roosevelt administration with choosing solutions by more money or more power. In Pontine a crowd applauded despite eggs thrown at his car and Mrs Willkie. He warned that concentrated federal power harms labor organizing rights.
Oakland Calif Oct 1 Otis Reese a magazine writer refused to take pills. Mrs Opel Reese called the police. Patrolman N O Abbott went to the Reese home. Abbott reported a man gulped down a dose of pills as the unit noted the scene. Gilroy Dispatch extra edition Oct 1 announced birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Marmaruike.
Flames swept the James Adams public school in Coatesville Pennsylvania as 500 pupils returned from fire drill. Firemen fought the blaze from the basement to the third floor, starting in the quiet room and ventilating shafts. There were no immediate losses reported though damage estimate was not yet available.
Physicians will advise each of 422 draft boards in the state as the selective service system for a year of army service is organized. Board members and medical advisors serve without pay and must be upright loyal and fair minded. Governor plans a school holiday for registration day and registrars will record full name address telephone number age date of birth place of birth citizenship and other identifying details to ensure correct notices and avoid delivery problems.
The War Department added three steps to aid draftees including a peacetime corps command to train regular, National Guard, and drafted troops. Trainees may qualify for officers' commissions, and $2,594 allocated for athletic gear and morale facilities at training centers. General Marshall announced candidate schools for enlisted men seeking lieutenant commissions.
Captain Charley Ross, 37, and his wife died when their single engine plane crashed a few miles from Walterboro on a pleasure trip. Both were from Walterboro area and were returning from a flight to Charleston.
The House passed a joint committee crafted heavy profits tax bill moving to the Senate. It sets an excess profits tax up to 50 percent, aims to speed insurance provisions and raise substantial revenue to fund defense and other government needs, with projections of hundreds of millions in revenue and a broad impact on corporate earnings.
Robert Snyder, 40, was struck by a motor vehicle at a busy street intersection last night and died today at a hospital. County coroner Dr. Stanley Barrett said an inquest would be held.
Harrisburg observes National Newspaper Week with declarations from President Roosevelt and Wendell L Willkie stressing that freedom of the press is vital to democracy. WPA president Hardy urges emphasis on press freedom as essential to conscience education speech assembly and democracy. Willkie warns against news perversion and control by would be dictators.
PITTSBURGH Oct 1 Edward Turpack, 33, of Pittsburgh, won a State Supreme Court reversal of a life sentence under Pennsylvania's habitual-criminal law. Former Judge George W. Moore had sentenced Turpack in 1993 to 60 years for robbery, receiving stolen goods, and second degree murder, with another robbery conviction adding to the term.
Berlin dispatch reports three main aims of Nazi air raids on Britain. First, to keep London under alert and disrupt morale. Second, to hinder British war production by striking industrial targets. Third, to block overseas supplies reaching Britain and Britain’s allies.
Superintendent of Schools Dewey will attend the Education Congress in Harrisburg on Wednesday and Thursday to interview applicants for the music instructor post at Curry Public Schools. He will be accompanied by Morris Kolpha of Erie, with several candidates to be screened during his absence. The convention opens with an address by Studebaker and includes sessions on using schools to aid defense programs. Dewey plans to meet candidates for the music teacher position and will leave Chaffee in charge until a successor is named.
CORRITES AT VFW DISTRICT MEETING featured Mevin Amy commander, adjutant Job Boland Jr, post commander Paul Quinn Usk, district leaders from Erie and auxiliaries. Speakers included Dr R C Cook of Aspinwall Veterans Hospital and assistant chief medical officer Mr Carroll, Department Junior Vice Commander Harry Smail Brookville.
In Cleveland and surrounding markets, a 25 cent coal price increase is announced for Lake Erie coal. The move raises vessel rates and affects dump buyers, lifting the price to about 96.28 per ton as the market adjusts.
Col C H Harrington 58 longtime WPA chief dies after intestinal obstruction at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He had led the Works Progress Administration since 1938 succeeding Harry Hopkins after a career in the army. He visited his brother in law William Rayburn’s summer home and was survived by his two children William and Eleanor.
A 19 year old girl, Betty Wilton, was struck by a wastebasket hurled at the crowd outside a downtown Detroit hotel as Wendell L. Willkie entered the Book-Cadillac. She was reported in serious condition with a skull fracture and needed stitches after the attack as several missiles showered down on spectators.
Wilhelm Durick Modelbroich, a German alien, pleaded guilty to abducting three year old Mart Tristan Jr from his nurse on September 20. He received life in prison and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the Tristan family, the wealthy Countess da Tristan. The seizure occurred in Redwood City, California, as authorities described the高 theft and the failure to dispute the evidence.
An Associated Press report from Harrisburg notes a contract award for estimating and rationing in wartime. The bid by Semin Com pany of Pittsburgh involves about 20,000 units tied to wartime supply, with officials indicating efficiency and cost concerns.
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